Its setting is 3rd century BC Carthage after the end of the First Punic War, when the mercenaries armies Carthage had hired to fight to Romans turned on Carthage and rose in revolt against their former masters. Our title character Salammbô, the daughter of Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, is a priestess of the Carthaginian moon goddess Tanit and a love interest of the leader of the mercenaries, Matho, and gets drawn into the middle of the bloody conflict.
NovelToon got authorization from Public Book to publish this work, the content is the author's own point of view, and does not represent the stand of NovelToon.
Salammbo Comments